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Steorn Orbo free energy scam - they're Still at it!
rich:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 13, 2016, 10:59:14 am ---Surprise, surprise, it's potted:
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This one is potted but when it left Steorn it was neither potted or unpotted. What's happened now Acland has opened the box is that the quantum superposition caused by orbo's time splitting technology has collapsed this one into a potted reality for us. Somewhere in a parallel universe is an unpotted variant being correctly evaluated using scientific methods. :)
That picture is wrong in so many ways:
* Steorn were originally encouraging reviewers to tear it apart and test it, yet they potted it
* This is the test unit with a 5F cap batt that wasn't meant to be shipped, so it wouldn't have been potted at all
* Those screw terminals! Amazing that they can create free energy but can't use sensible connectors
* The surface finish achieved makes it look like it was potted by the monkey chief
* Somebody commented on ecat world that the pp3 sized cuboid, looks suspiciously like a pp3 battery*
*I'm not sure about PP3, it might be a 400F cap.
amyk:
Definitely X-ray time... followed by some non-reversible disassembly. ;)
Some comments in the links posted suggest it's a nuclear battery - which would probably mean the latter shouldn't be done, but I doubt it's anything but regular batteries and some switching converter.
Ian.M:
If it contained a nuclear battery it would have to be above ambient temperature. The lid is available as a control for surface emissivity so simply view it and its detached lid with a thermal IR camera.
Next will be the kooks claiming that X-raying it will trigger the alien anti-tamper mechanism and release a naked singularity.
0xdeadbeef:
Definitely looks like two PVC wrap battery packs.
Something like this, just half the size:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/36V-37V-10Ah-Lithium-ion-Li-ion-Battery-PVC-Wrap-eBike-/191580835274?hash=item2c9b1b8dca:g:SU8AAOSwBahVVgsK
The idea of the terminals is probably to allow charging when the device is sent back for service because of "malfunction" (i.e. battery is empty).
The main question is if there's much else left in there apart from a converter.
rich:
Yup the Steorn posted a video explaining the innner monkey workings.
What a surprise, the electrets need a voltage reference of 18V which is merrily supplied by 2 x PP3 batteries. Now, I know what you’re all thinking, but Shaun assures us that they are just used as a zero current reference voltage. And to prove it there's a 1M resistor in series so it can't draw any. Then he mumbled something about 5 years. :-DD
Other stats :
20 Orbo powered phones or cubes shipped. The earlier email said only 2 monkey skulls shipped, so that must mean 18 phones
40% Failed in service so far
2 phones had detached speakers. 2 Monkeys had overcharging issues.
[Edited to note that 40% of 20 leaves 4 failures unaccounted for]
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